P1-P3 – Making Music

March 22, 2021March 26, 2021

The Hungry Caterpillar Rap

Introduction

Here is a fun and engaging version of Eric Carle’s popular story The Hungry Caterpillar. It is aimed at P1-3 and involves a rap, chanting, actions and follow up literacy and science activities.

Younger pupils can enjoy watching the story presented in a new way with rap
music whilst learning some actions and keeping the beat. There are further
activities for phonics and the science of life cycles.

Older pupils can also challenge themselves to learn and chant bits of the
rap and use the alliterative writing to stimulate creative writing of their own.

There are interactive teaching videos and further activities you can use in your classroom.

Video Lessons

MP3 tracks

The Caterpillar Rap Vocal

The Caterpillar Rap Backing Track

Learning Resources

To download files right click on the links and then select either:

Save Target As’ (PC)
‘Download Linked File As’ (Apple)

The Hungry Caterpillar Rap Word sheet

If you can access GLOW you can also see the lesson as a SWAY

Spring SWAY links

Spring Youtube links

On our Resource Page you can find all our songsheets, MP3 tracks and worksheets for all our Blog posts.

For teacher and school staff with access to GLOW all the videos, audio, pintable’s and teacher sheets downloaded from our YMI Making Music team in the Early Years Emerging Literacy folder.

Use the code wjimn8l to join the team if you are not already a member.

October 21, 2020October 22, 2020

Animal Bingo!

Introduction

This game for Early Years matches animals and their sounds, as in Bingo. The children have the pictures of the animals in front of them and when they hear the sounds they tick them off on their sheet. The first one to get all the animal on their sheet wins.

There are two sets off pictures to use, one of farm yard animals and another of wild animals. You can print off the sheets and laminate them so they can be re-used or project them onto a Smartboard or wall.

The sounds are pre-recorded as MP3 tracks so there is no need to make the sounds yourself, unless you want too of course!

Below are four examples of the animal sounds.

Farm Animal – Cat

Farm Animal – Donkey

Wild Animal – Frog

Wild Animal – Wolf

Learning Resources

To download files right click on the links and then select either:‘

- Save Target As’ (PC)
- ‘Download Linked File’ (Mac)

Farm Animal Sound Bingo Cards

Wild Animal Sound Bingo Cards

Mp3 Farm Animal Sounds

Farm Animal Sounds Zip File

Animal Bingo – Cat

Animal Bingo – Chicken

Animal Bingo – Cockerel

Animal Bingo – Donkey

Mp3 Wild Animal Sounds

Wild Animal Sounds Zip File

On our Resource Page you can find songsheets, MP3 tracks and worksheets for all our Blog posts.

For teacher and school staff with access to GLOW more Early Years information and all the files can be downloaded from our YMI Making Music team pages and from our YMI Sharepoint. Use the code wjimn8l to join the team if you are not already a member.

June 29, 2020June 30, 2020

Honk Honk Song

Introduction

Today’s Weekly Lesson from Mrs Rowan and Mrs Borthwick teaches us the fun song Honk Honk for P1- P3.

Warm Up

We will start by preparing to sing, with our fun Voice Warm song Sh Sh Sh. Practice these a few times until you know them well and your voice will be ready for singing.

This weeks Song

Now lets sing this weeks action song –Honk Honk. First learn the song you can use the word sheet to help you.

Try singing the song with actions to the Backing Track – with Vocal

Try singing the song with actions to the Backing Track which has no voice – just sing it yourself to the track.

Learning Resources

To download files right click on the links and then select either:‘

- Save Target As’ (PC)
- ‘Download Linked File’ (Mac

Honk Honk Song Words

On our Song Sheets Resource Page you can find word for all the other songs in our Blog posts.

June 19, 2020July 29, 2020

Make Your Own Percussion Instrument

Introduction

Mrs Borthwick shows us how to make simple instruments, using objects you can find at home. We will use them in our next lesson Scrape, Tap, Shake and Ting to teach us about rhythm. The four videos show you how to make each instrument and introduce use the rhythm cards.

You will need to collect a few things to make your instruments. Don’t forget to ask that you can have or borrow the items before you take them and ask for help if you need it.

The Shaker

A small tub or box. We made our shaker from an empty container that was made for spices or gravy granules but you can use any thing you have to hand, such as a small milk bottle or tin.

Dry pasta. You can also try rice and dry peas for a different sound.

Pens, paint or stickers to decorate your shaker. Some sellotape to hold on the lid.

The Triangle

Some metal you can tap together. A metal spoon and ladle are ideal.

A piece of string or wool.

The Guiro

A plastic bottle, one with ribs on the side to scrape along and a stick or pen. to make the sound. You can decorate Guiro in any way you like with some stickers, buttons, sequins pens or glued on paper. Watch the video to see what we made!